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Thursday December 19

A priest, a piper, prayer and dozens of pilgrims at God’s pace

Bishop John Roundhill covered over 120 kilometres across three cities during his third biblical-worthy Holy Week pilgrimage, and his highlights included prayer, fellowship and a surprise piper

Bishop John’s third Holy Week parish-to-parish pilgrimage

Bishop John Roundhill is embarking on his third biblical-worthy parish-to-parish pilgrimage on Palm Sunday, covering over 120km in seven days across our Diocese’s Southern Region with a fitting shepherd’s crook in hand – and he’s inviting you to join him

"Jesus’ ministry was at a walking pace. I think we get to talk better when we walk together" (Bishop John Roundhill in March 2021)

Bishop John’s second ‘walk and talk’ pilgrimage

Bishop John Roundhill is preparing for his second biblical-worthy walk during Holy Week, covering nearly 175 km in seven days with a fitting shepherd’s crook in hand, as he strides from church to church across our Southern Region – and he welcomes you to join him

A pilgrim people

“It is one thing to study the Bible when you are 14,000 kilometres away, but it is a completely different – some say life-changing – experience reading it while in the Holy Land,” says The Rev’d Daniel Jayaraj as he reflects on modern-day pilgrimage